Luma de Oliveira

Luma de Oliveira (; born December 10, 1964) is a former model, actress, and Brazilian carnival queen. She was Madrinha da Bateria (Godmother of the Percussion, or "Queen of the Drums") for several samba schools until 2005, later returning to the role for the renowned Portela school in 2009.

Early life Luma was born in Nova Friburgo. Oliveira's mother, Maria Luiza de Castro and her father, Luiz Naegele de Oliveira, was of Portuguese descent and worked for Leopoldina Railroad company. One of Oliveira's ancestors was German Georg Heinrich von Langsdorff, Baron de Langsdorff. She is the youngest of six children; her oldest sister is popular actress Ísis de Oliveira, and her brother, Mem de Oliveira, wrote poetry.

Her name was created using the first two letters of her parents' names: LUiz and MAria. She attended the Institute Gay-Lussac and played handball and volleyball, but her passion was cycling and running on the beach.

Career

Modeling Oliveira began modeling at age 16, after the death of her father in 1980. She moved to Niterói and her brother Mem became her guardian, agent and manager. She also appeared in commercials for Havaianas flip-flops and Danone yogurt, and on the cover of numerous Brazilian magazines: Fitness, Guys, Headline, Look, and Who's That Guy.

She caught the attention of Brazilian Playboy in 1984 as the younger sister of television actress Isis de Oliveira, who was herself featured on the magazine's cover in 1983 and 1991. Luma was the covergirl in 1987, 1988, 1990, 2001 and 2005; she was named Miss Playboy International in 1999. Her five cover appearances, the last one at the age of 40, are tied with Scheila Carvalho as the most of any person in the magazine's history, Leal eventually married wealthy heir Antenor Mayrink Veiga, a prior boyfriend of Oliveira. During Carnaval the following year, she wore a pair of handcuffs draped around her neck to make fun of the controversy the previous year.

In January 2004, Oliveira stated that she was pregnant and would not dance during Carnival. A few weeks later, her lawyer announced that the couple was separating, and the divorce was final on March 22, 2004. Oliveira received no spousal support, but an undisclosed property settlement, rumored to be $250 million. When asked, she commented that her husband had always been generous.

Batista agreed to pay $20,000 per month in child support and he purchased a home for his children next door to his own which Oliveira could occupy for two years. Batista often dropped by for morning coffee and quality time with their sons. Oliveira insisted that she and her former spouse have remained good friends. The paper published a retraction two days later on page 28, which stated: "In an article published Thursday on the VW case was illustrated with a picture of a samba dancer. The picture, in fact, is the Brazilian actress and model Luma de Oliveira. We had not intended to suggest that Ms. Oliveira is linked in any way with the case and VW are sorry for any misunderstanding."